Irony and Humor -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- The pragmatics of irony and humor -- 1. What is new in pragmatics of irony and humor? -- 1.1 Irony -- 1.2 Humor -- 1.3 Irony and humor -- 2. The content of this volume -- Acknowledgments -- References: -- Part 1. Irony and humor Pragmatic perspectives -- The power of inversion: Irony, from utterance to discourse -- 1. Introduction. What is irony? A non-insignificant question -- 2. From what is said to what is implied: An extended version of irony -- 3. Irony and humor: A coin called contrast -- 4. From utterance to discourse -- 5. Concluding remarks: The inverting power of irony -- References -- Intentionality and irony -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Prototypicality of irony -- 2.1 Irony is evaluative -- 2.2 Irony conveys the opposite of p -- 2.3 Irony is a statement -- 2.4 Irony as an exemplar category -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3. Intentionality and irony -- 3.1 Unintentional actions -- 3.2 Irony is subconscious -- 3.3 Indeterminacy of irony -- 3.4 Idiomatic and canned irony -- 3.5 Conclusion -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- An inference-centered analysis of jokes: The intersecting circles model of humorous communication -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Utterance interpretation as mutual parallel adjustment -- 3. Make-sense frames and interaction -- 4. Cultural frames -- 5. Mind reading and predicted humorous effects -- 6. Utterance interpretation and humorous effects -- 7. Make-sense frames and cultural frames in joke interpretation -- 8. Towards a new typology of jokes: the Intersecting Circles Model -- 9. Humorous effects as mutual parallel adjustment -- 10. Concluding remarks -- References -- Part 2. Irony and humor in mediated discourse -- Discursive mechanisms of informative humor in Spanish media -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Media humor.

2.1 Media humor formats based on the information about Spanish current news -- 2.2 Conditions of media informative humor -- 3. Mechanisms to construct this media humor -- 3.1 Data analysis -- 4. Informative parody -- 5. Conclusion -- Transcription convention -- References -- Narrative strategies in Buenafuente's humorous monologues -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A pragmatic model for verbal humor and for humorous monologue -- 2.1 General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH) -- 2.2 A revisited model for humorous texts -- 3. Idiosyncratic aspects of Narrative Strategy in Buenafuente's monologues -- 4. Register -- 4.1 Register features -- 4.2 From the written script to the dramatized monologue -- 4.3 An example: Retrasos horarios -- 5. Text: an expositive-argumentative sequence -- 6. Genre -- 6.1 Rethorical aspects of Buenafuente's monologues -- 6.2 The humorous plot: jab lines and the punch line -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Cartoons in Spanish press: A pragmatic approach -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Defining the genre: graphic jokes and/or cartoons -- 3. Framework -- 3.1 The cognitive perspective -- 3.2 The semantic-linguistic perspective -- 3.3 The pragmatic perspective -- 4. Analysis -- 4.1 A flexible quality prerequisite -- 4.2 Lies -- 4.3 The principle of cooperation and the contextualization indexes -- 4.4 Interpretation levels and access to meaning -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Phonological humor as perception and representation of foreignness -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Phonological humor as perception and representation of foreignness -- 3. Phonological jokes: a phenomenon in languages and about languages -- 3.1 Data and research method -- 3.2 Contrastive analysis of phonological jokes and strategies -- 4. Humor contexts and the dynamics of joking in phonological jokes -- 4.1 Cultural context -- 4.2 Social context.

4.3 Individual context -- 4.4 Comparative context -- 5. Phonological jokes as a widespread phenomenon -- 6. Phonological jokes as a distinct category -- 7. Conclusions and directions for future research -- References -- Part 3. Irony and humor in conversational interaction -- Failed humor in conversational utterances in Spanish -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Humor as a competence or a performance -- 3. Humor appreciation in conversation -- 3.1 Recognition -- 3.2 Understanding -- 3.3 Appreciation -- 3.4 Agreement -- 4. Lack of agreement: Failed humor -- 4.1 Conversational strategies in failed humor -- 5. Failed humor in the speaker -- 5.1 Self-humor -- 5.2 Toward the listener -- 5.3 Toward a situation -- 5.4 Toward an absent person -- 6. Failed humor in the listener -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Humor and argumentation in everyday talk -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Humor in conversation -- 3. Humor and argumentation -- 4. Dialectical uses of humor: data analysis -- 4.1 Replying -- 4.2 Story -- 4.3 Arguing -- 4.4 Decision taking -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Tackling the complexity of spontaneous humorous interaction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Aspects of a socio-cognitive account of meaning -- 2.1 Common ground and intersubjectivity -- 2.2 Layered meaning -- 2.3 A look at irony -- 3. The Corinth corpus: Design and classroom use -- 4. Parameters of the Corinth corpus -- 4.1 Discursive embeddedness -- 4.2 Humor-theoretical parameters -- 4.3 Linguistic features of humorous utterances -- 5. Two final examples -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Subject index.